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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Caramelized Onion, Blue Cheese and Walnut Pizza

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I used to serve small squares of this pizza as a cocktail appetizer. People loved the combination of caramelized onions with blue cheese and toasted or candied walnuts. We had it so often that I grew tired of it and that usually marks the death knell for my recipes. Once retired, they're rarely used again. This one has been pardoned and given a second life because of Meatless Mondays. As you can see, I've resurrected the recipe and we had the pizza for supper tonight. The recipe makes a nice pie and if you're looking to serve something a bit outside the box, you might enjoy this one. The pizza can be made with a standard dough or served on a flatbread or tortilla. While this is simple to make, it is not speedy and you'll need time to caramelize the onions. The mantra here remains the same. The onions must be watched as they cook. Once they start to caramelize they move from brown to black in the wink of an eye. If they char or burn you'll have to start again. This is a highly flavored pie and to enjoy it, you have to love all three of its major ingredients. If the trio appeals to you, you'll love this pizza. Here's the recipe.

Wow! This looks absolutely mouth-watering! I cannot wait to try it! I'm loving that so many of your recent recipes contain blue cheese. I'm a long time reader of your fabulous blog, but first time follower as I've only just opened a blogger account and set up a blog (http://bakezilla1.blogspot.com/). I just hope mine is as great as yours! :)

Being a huge fan of all blue cheeses, this and the blue cheese bread below are heaven to me..especially after a week of caramelized sugar and pastry cream. Thank you for posting the recipes for both! They look amazing!!

Hi Mary! Totally agree ... the caramelized onions and strong cheese are a great combo. There's a specific region of Italy known for something like this ... escaping me right now ... but they make ovalized pizzas, much longer than wide, with onions and anchovies.

We were going to grill a pizza this weekend but the Front Range winds didn't cooperate, so we tried the Bittman pan-fried instead.

Mary - The combination of flavors on this pizza is irresistible. It looks so good! You might like another version of this by Tyler Florence. He spread mascarpone on the pizza or flatbread, then caramelized onions, blue cheese, walnuts and halved grapes. It may sound strange, but the sweet pop in your mouth from the grapes is really tasty. Have a great day!

Mary – Great idea on the bread,. I recently read about doing something similar with garlic butter and slicing/smearing into bread in a Tyler Florence cookbook. Thanks for sharing the photos of the gardens in Oregon . So beautiful. Love it. Would love to visit that part of the country one day.

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